ESXi 7.X – Host cannot enter maintenance mode – WTF?

This next one left me scratching my head… I was trying to put one of my hosts into MM for an NSX upgrade / patching and got the following error: Host cannot enter maintenance mode because it failed to enter Namespaces maintenance mode on the node. What is really...

Expanding storage on my SuperMicro sys-5028d-tn4t

Quick little post around expanding storage on my SuperMicro sys-5028d-tn4t / device compatibility… I found a reasonably prices 2TB expansion for the homelab… While I know it’s not the best device / solution in terms of performance it is value for...

ESXi 7: Unable to Stop Syslog service.

Avert your eyes people, no fix for this one in the post… (yet) I just wanted to inform the community about a little bug / error with the syslog service on vSphere / ESXi 7 which I stumbled on. I started a little thread over at the VMware community forums,...